A video walkthrough of the Huawei Ascend Mate 7

We've been playing with the Huawei Ascend Mate 7 for a couple of weeks now since it launched at IFA 2014 and while the full review will be posted early next week, what we've got here is a slimmed down, three minute version.

There's a lot to look at with this phone – not least because it's pretty big – but for a taste check out the video below. For the rest you'll have to come back and look at the review next week!

Sweet mother of actually using your screen size wisely. Do I see a company that has finally realized that we can fit more icons on the screen than we could when we had 3.7 inch, low resolution screens? Be still my beating heart. The fact that TW on the Note 4 STILL has only 4 icon columns is ridiculous.

I'm very excited about the AM7. It looks like Huawei is really taking design seriously and wants to avoid the problems that Samsung has been having with people criticizing their materials and design.

I think I will be making the jump from my Note 3 to the Ascend Mate. I don't think the Note 4 has what I am looking for, which is kinda sad becasue my last 3 phones were Samsung and they served me really well.

One thing I hope Huawei does is unlock the bootloader and make the device developer friendly.

I think if people know going in, that Huawei doesn't have a good track record of pushing updates, then it's no big deal. I knew going in, my Mate2 only had JB4.3. Didn't bother me one bit. First thing I did was ditch the default UI and install Nova launcher. After that, it's just like any other Android device. Benchmarks are not what I am into. STABILITY is. 3 months in,
couldn't be happier. That battery is one of the main reasons I got it, along with that huge 6.1" screen. This replaced my Note1, and the Mate2 wasn't really that bigger, just a little taller. If the price of the Mate7, when it hits the USA, is under the 500 buck range, I might take a look at it. Otherwise I'll just stick with the "cheap" Mate2.

It's amazing that a huge company like HTC would release a phone with bezels that big. Huawei has done a great job imo of putting out a really well designed device. To have phone with a 6 inch screen and still be the same size as the iPhone 6 plus...great job.

I never understand why people care so much about one company's design. Have you ever noticed just how many consumer products look very similar. It's kinda what companies do. TVs, tablets, routers, headphones, etc. One brand looks pretty much the same as the next brand.

HTC doesn't have a monopoly on silver aluminum bodies. Apple doesn't have a monopoly on a rectangular body with rounded corners (although they would very much like to). It's just shapes and materials people. Let it go.

Agreed. Look at the iPhone 6. Even Apple who admittedly as someone who loves Android has been the best designer in the game - has ran out of ways to reinvent the way their phone should look. HTC will get to that point too.

I know what you mean and I agree. Idk , but since the first release of Huawei I didn't like the company. It just felt like they are there to to copy and paste and use Chinese govt funds to flood the market. I guess it's personal. :)
There is still something shady about them - I watched some short documentary, though.

That's not what the reviews of the AM7 that I have read/seen have said. They said the device is well made and feels very premium. I'm still waiting for a comprehensive review, but I suspect that Huawei is trying very hard to make a high-end device that is decent all around. And if they can do that and keep the price reasonable, they will see a market share increase very quickly.

As usual, your response makes absolutely no sense. Not only have you misused a few words in the context that you used them, but you can't even guess that he's "broke" because he implied that *you* are jobless. It's a wonder you made it this far in life. Do you treat everyone who disagrees with you on anything like this? Must be a sad, lonely life.

Really? All they're doing is cramming a super huge battery in a phone. It's not like it's a technological wonder. The almighty Samsung could do it if they wanted to, but they obviously haven't. Boo hoo.

Huawei is going take a lot of would be Note4 buyers away with this device. Samsungs has really been hit hard with all of these Chinese OEMs making better and cheaper devices. I recently used a Samsung Galaxy device for about a week. The device would randomly power down and then power up. And touch wiz is still just as annoying as it's always been.